“There’s little that President Trump loves more than cementing his supporters’ adoration of him while making his foes squirm. Nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court would do both… Republicans expect — and want — liberals to be so freaked out by this that they oppose her in a manner that can be branded anti-religious.

New York Times

Sen. Chuck Schumer

D-NY) stated that “Judge Kethledge has repeatedly sided against workers in cases dealing with the right to organize, fair wages, age discrimination, and sexual harassment.” Furthermore, “in a case brought by victims of the Flint water disaster, Judge Kethledge sided with the corporations who contributed to the crisis rather than standing up for those who suffered as a result.”

Twitter

Kavanaugh recently ruled that “it was not an undue burden to force a 15-week-pregnant 17-year-old undocumented immigrant to

Washington Post

Some argue that overturning Roe v. Wade “may be the only way to beat Trump [in 2020]… Hard core anti-choice voters already voted in 2016. They're going to turn out again in 2020. We know what their ceiling is. But scores of independents, young progressives and people of color stayed home in 2016… There's one issue in American politics capable of flipping an entire election on its head. And with Kennedy's retirement, it's staring us in the face.”

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Finally, others on the left argue that “people under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.”

Finally, “don’t count out Judge Thapar. President Trump likes him a great deal, as does Vice President Pence. Senator Mitch McConnell… strongly supports him. Thapar’s fellow Indian American, Ambassador Nikki Haley, is also pushing for him. Finally, the politics of placing the first Asian American on the Supreme Court would be great. Thapar could very well get it.”

Above the Law

“Trump is going to do exactly what Presidents Obama, Bill Clinton and both Bushes did before him: He will nominate a qualified candidate to fill the high court vacancy, and Senate Republicans will confirm his nominee. There is nothing the left can do about it. If Democrats are upset, too bad… They have no one to blame but themselves.”

Sacramento Bee

“Legislatures and executives have readily, even enthusiastically, assented to the transfer of their powers to the Supreme Court. No one really questions the wisdom of having judges make policy; they simply wish to stack the courts so that their judges are the ones setting the rules… A country where half the citizens feel their concerns have been placed beyond redress or appeal is a country that is headed for trouble.”